Hypophosphatemic rickets

Case contributed by Frank Gaillard
Diagnosis certain
x-ray

X-rays of the wrist and knee of a seven-month-old child demonstrates widening of the metaphysis with slight fraying and cupping of the growth-plate margins.

Case Discussion

The features are consistent with rickets, which in this case are due to hypophosphatemia.

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